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The vinyl version of POP OOGA, featuring the exclusive bonus track "Go Pacific" is now available from the WV shop!

In March Shuta performed with friends as Electro Green at the Mosaic Festival in Singapore.  More info here.
Aug 7 Tokyo, Japan @ Summer Sonic '09 / Riverside Garden
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Aug 15 Tokyo, Japan @ O-Nest
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Sep 26 Tokyo, Japan @ Hosei University
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Sep 27 Nagoya, Aichi 2 CRJ-C presents at Cafe Domina
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listen Green Repair (edit)
listen Prelude (edit)
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OK Bamboo
listen Sunny Day In Saginomiya
listen OK Bamboo
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Pop Ooga Plus
listen Power Osci
listen Go Pacific [excerpt]
   
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"...full of delicately woven glitches and pops that seem almost tangible, as though they're tumbling out of the speakers."
– NPR's Second Stage (2009) [read full article here]
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"Hasunuma has created an unbelievably warm and organic-sounding digital collage of dreamy glitch-pop"
– Gorilla vs. Bear [read full article here]
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"...an ethereal head-trip filled with childlike wonder and painting moodscapes that churn out aural acid from chocolate fountains on lollipop mountains."
– Perfect Porridge [read full article here]
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"Shuta Hasunuma’s Pop Ooga is a gorgeously agitated record, meandering between obtuse rhythmic punctuation and gentle oscillation."
– Other Music [read full article here]
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"a lush moodscape of piano-based elegance"
– Textura [read full article here]
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"Pop Ooga Plus, however willing to playfully misdirect a listener with detours, is nurturing melodies by testing them and watching them grow."
– Coke Machine Glow [read full article here]
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"Seldom do you encounter such impeccable, well judged songsmithery that's been so wantonly decimated by its author...you could equally mention Shuta's work in the same breath as people like Max Tundra, or maybe even Sam Prekop. Highly recommended."
– Boomkat [read full article here]
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"Glitch music of the highest order...Hasunuma is one of the better players in the field."
– Earlabs [read full article here]
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"These well structured songs make it easy for the head to move and the feet to tap. And it all seems to be made so effortlessly. Just like magic."
– Together In Digital Dreams [more here]
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"Noises that might have been cold and precise are instead warm, upbeat and willing to shamble and hug."
– Pop Matters [more here]
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"strangely inviting and thoroughly fascinating, with each of the 58 minutes carefully crafted and beautifully presented."
– Chewing Gum for the Ears [more here]
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"Intricate at times, and intimate at others, OK Bamboo is a great second album from this young musician."
– Almost Cool [read full review here]
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"The glitchy electronic textures and expressive piano work invoke imagined memories of a dreamlike world."
– NPR's Second Stage (2007) [read full article here]
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additional reviews at : Pop Matters, The Silent Ballet, Foxy Digitalis, and Yahoo
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